The 2016 Sunline Stakes is a Group 2 race hosted by the Moonee Valley Race Club on a Friday night in late March every year. It’s a race solely for fillies and mares contested under weight for age conditions around the tight turning Moonee Valley circuit.

The Sunline Stakes is run over a mile trip with $200,000 in prize money on offer to the winners. The race was previously known as the Diamond Jubilee Stakes before taking the name of the former champion mare Sunline in recent years.

The Sunline Stakes has become a real fan favourite, especially given it’s one of the few stakes events each year run at night time under lights.

It’s hosted on the same card as the Group 1 William Reid Stakes during Moonee Valley’s autumn racing carnival.

Given the weight for age conditions of the race only the best fillies and mares have a genuine chance and it’s compulsory they’re capable of running out a strong 1600m.

Form races for the Sunline Stakes can include the Group 3 Mannerism Stakes, Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes and the Group 3 Matron Stakes.

Notable winners of the Sunline Stakes include Rose O’ War in 2000, Beautiful Gem in 2005 and more recently Zarita in 2010 and Nakaaya in 2011.

2016 Sunline Stakes Field

No

Last 10

Horse

Trainer

Jockey

Barrier

Weight

Hcp Rating

1

2x9102x924

FENWAY

Lee & Shannon Hope

Blake Shinn

13

57kg

108

2

4291410×34

MISS ROSE DE LAGO

Danny O’Brien

James McDonald

2

57kg

96

3

39x022x461

WAWAIL

David Hayes & Tom Dabernig

Damien Oliver

1

57kg

99

4

4x113x00xL

NOBLE PROTECTOR (GB)

Robert Smerdon

Craig Williams

8

57kg

104

5

91128×1383

CHOOSE

Lee & Shannon Hope

Craig Newitt

5

57kg

92

6

x84315x544

DIG A PONY

Peter G Moody

Luke Nolen

12

57kg

83

7

3198×43342

METAPHORICAL

Peter G Moody

Luke Currie

7

57kg

93

8

32x84446x5

UNGRATEFUL ELLEN

Robert Smerdon

Mark Zahra

3

57kg

85

9

321411×071

FELICIENNE

Darren Weir

Harry Coffey (a)

9

57kg

93

10

600x3210x3

ANFITRIONA

Peter G Moody

Daniel Stackhouse

6

57kg

78

11

5031325×53

JAPHILS

John Sadler

Stephen Baster

11

57kg

80

12

50×2322159

ANAPHORA

Tony Noonan

Jake Noonan

10

57kg

81

13

1x4x59058x

HOLY COW

Michael Kent

Nicholas Hall

4

57kg

70

Sunline Stakes Winners & Results

Winners and placers in the Sunline Stakes since 2000 with winning times.